Niecy Blues is a composer, songwriter, vocalist, thespian, multimedia artist, and instrumentalist based in South Carolina, originally growing up on the prairie fields of Oklahoma.

Exploring themes such as grief, self-acceptance, lineage, ritual, and emotional vulnerability in her work, Blues continues a heritage of Black women using both sound and writing to engage in the ceremony of self-determination and documentation.

Blues describes their songwriting process like an undertow: I feel a strange pull, and let it carry me, following swirling leaves… whole days roll by, forgetting about the body.

Their full-length debut album, Exit Simulation, released by Kranky, captures this sense of deep-rooted divination, cycling between simmering ballads, ghosted R&B, downtempo gospel, and looped vocal improvisations—often within the same track. 

Niecy is one of 100 contributors to the forthcoming compilation from the beloved Red Hot –  TRAИƧA, which is billed as a spiritual journey celebrating trans people and trans voices. The compilation features new work from Sade, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, claire rousay, Clairo, Pharoah Sanders, Adrianne Lenker, André 3000 amongst others, and is out on 22nd of November.  

 Niecy is currently exploring new sounds for their sophomore album and scoring projects, finalising a short film with collaborator Ryan C. Clarke.

Europe: katarzyna@annexagency.co.uk